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Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)
Niger
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Niger. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Oct 22 – Nov 18, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
34%
All-5
15%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
23%
Vegetables
67%
Fruits
31%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
74%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
29%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
8%
More than one sugary food or beverage
24%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
6%
Processed meats
6%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
10%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
27%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
3.9
Starchy staple foods
82%
Whole grains
52%
Foods made from grains
60%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
21%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
57%
Pulses
47%
Nuts or seeds
28%
Vegetables
67%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
12%
Dark green leafy vegetables
51%
Other vegetables
42%
Fruits
31%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
4%
Citrus
7%
Other fruits
28%
Animal-source foods
66%
Dairy
54%
Milk
20%
Yogurt
46%
Cheese
5%
Eggs
10%
Meat, poultry, or fish
30%
Fish or seafood
9%
Poultry
6%
Unprocessed red meat
20%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
19%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
4%
Fast food or instant noodles
7%
Salty or fried snacks
35%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
1%
Instant noodles
5%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
31%
Sweet foods
28%
Baked or grain-based sweets
15%
Other sweets
20%
Sweet beverages
42%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
8%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
36%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
8%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night